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Newfocus placedon budgets by Maria O'Brien There were hearings, but there was no jury, witnesses or even a judge. The people were simply there to receive money, but the task itself wasn't so simple. The S.G.A. budget hearings are meetings designed to allot money to the 18 active S.G.A. affiliated campus clubs for their use during the semester. Club budgets come from the overall S.G.A. budget, which is approximately $15,000 per year. This money is distributed among campus clubs, social activities and ideas of the student activities office. Campus clubs, however, are the top priority for monetary allotment. This year. S.G.A. took a different approach to the budget hearings. "Vle allocated a lot ofmonev last vear and so many of the clubs over-estimated their budget needs.'' Kate Grimley. senior, president, S.G.A., said. "The new structure was established this year because of the mayhem of last year's budget hearings." S.G.A.'s main goal was to make the tone of the budget hearings peaceful and relaxed, but thev also had other ideas. "We were subtly urging the clubs to set goals for themselves by asking them to verbalize their needs to us in the budget hearings," Lisa Nolan, senior, S.G.A. treasurer, said. "We were trying to dissuade clubs from not using their semester's budget and spending it all on an unworthy cause at the end," Nolan said. The S.G.A. budget hearing committee members were Brian Feeley, senior, social activities coordinator; Kathy Funk, junior, S.G.A. vice-president; Ruthie Brown, senior class vice- president; Kevin Corcoran, junior class vice-president and Mike Charvala, sophomore class vice-president. The committee reviewed the club's financial status, activities, attendance, level of involvement and the budget request form. By considering each club's past and present needs, S.G.A. was able to allot a budget to each club. "I was impressed with the clubs responsibility. The majority came well-prepared with planned activities, trips and estimated costs," Nolan said. The Council for Exceptional Children (C.E.C.} requested a budge~ of $240 and they received it. "We went into the hearing as an established club with well- prepared activities. We were fairly judged," Teri Ciarlante, junior, president, C.E.C., said. "We can always use more money, but for our activities, it was enough." The English/communications club asked for a $125 budget. "I was very meticulous about our list of activities and financial need," Jeanne Reinberg,junior, president, English/communications club. Because there was misuse oflast year's budget, I felt S.G.A. may have been hesitant about giving us the full $125." "The minimum I thought we needed was $125, but we got $100," Reineberg said. ''We'll try to supplement that money with fundraisers for'the betterment of the club." The psychology club requested a $200 budget, but only received $100. "We got the money that we needed, but ifwe need more, we'll fundraise," Peter Rudegeair, sophomore, president, psychology club, said. "If. . you're creative and think offundraising as positive, it can unify the club." "The goal for every club is that they become active and self-sufficient," Grimley said. "Campus Sound is a club that has done this." Campus Sound did not request a budget for this semester. "We didn't need a budget because we have enough money left from last year to function without assistance," Donna Capone, senior, president, Campus Sound, said.
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vol. xxxiii, no. 9
Closingin on Nationals
A muddy Charlie Dodds, senior, celebrates after scoring a goal against Salisbury State College, Maryland, on Tues. Nov. 4. The goal, which was Dodds second of the game, tied the all-time scoring record held bf Bob Berger, former player, at 27. Seniors John Berenato and Tim Matthews also scored helping to clinch the ESAC championship, the first in Cabrini's history. On Thurs. Nov. 6 the Cavs defeated Allentown College for the District 19 title. They will play tomorrow for the Area 10 championship. The game is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Eastern. (photo by Debbie Ferrar)
Minoritystudents:
Copingwiththe majority by Yvette Ousley It is 1963. Amid the Kennedy assassina-
tion, the civil rights marches and protests and the first woman going into space, the first black person, Harriet Sistrunk, enters Cabrini. Initially, her peers think that she is a foreign exchange student but soon learn that she is from South Philadelphia. . Her experience at Cabrini is very positive because her peers are interested in learning about her and she about them. "I never knew just how much my friends cared about me until my senior year," Sistrunk said. "The senior class went to Virginia to a classmate's funeral and I was not permitted in a motel because I was black. As a result, my classmates refused to stay because I was not permitted." In 1986 black students in predominantly white colleges face a series of challenges and some face many obstacles. They will have to grow accustomed to an atmosphere where their presence is very noticeable because they are in the minority. One of the challenges that black students may have to face is racial attitudes which may stem from prejudices and fears that they have about white students or prejudices and fears that their white peers may have about them. But, perhaps the greatest challenge is overcoming the fear that some black students are confronted with upon entering a college campus in September and not seeing st_udents like themselves. LaTonya Lucas, sophomore, said that at freshmen pre- registration she met Samantha Hidlebird, sophomore, so she was not worried about finding a black person to socialize with in September.
"However," she said, "when I arrived in September and didn't see her, I panicked." Lucas said that she was relieved when she found Hidlebird. LaRenda Skipwith, freshman, was the only black female resident to enter Cabrini with the class of 1990. Skipwith said she has friends, she is never excluded and she is never made to feel different from her peers. She did, however, say that she is not completely at ease among other black students. "I am not completely comfortable here because I have not yet gained acceptance by 'my own people,"' she said. Skipwith said that as a freshmen, identifying with other black students is ver_y important to her. Lisa Wilson, a junior at Goucher College in Maryland, said she experienied a feeling similar to Lucas'. "It literally took me a few days to find other black students," she said. "I didn't think that anyone would like me, because I was black," Lucas said, "so I shied away from everyone." According to Dr. M. L. Corbin Sicoli, coordinator of psychological services, black students on predominantly white cam• puses may tend to alienate themselves out of a fear of rejection¡ because they are different. "They (black students} may feel very tense and put up their guard because they think people are watching them," she said.
Fbr the black athlete, college adjustment is very different from that of the black non-athlete. Karl Sartor, senior, said adjustment is easier for black athletes because people accept them as people who are bringing something to the college.
Basketball season has not yet started, but James Hillyard; freshmen, basketball player, said that he is very popular and has had no problems adapting to college life or his peers. "When I came in, I was introduced to popular seniors and I met people through them," he said. Eric Quick, junior, said that it is tough not being an athlete because he is not accepted by some athletes. "In my freshmen year, I got flack because I didn't go out for a team," he said. "I think that they (black athletes) feel that I am different. I did not come to college for athletics."
'I didn't think that anyone 'NOuldlike me becauseI was black, so I shiedaway from everyone.' -LaTonya Lucas, sophomore "If you're black and you're not a basketball player," Sartor said, "then you're sort of like an outcast because black men are brought here (Cabrini) for athletics." Pre-conceived ideas, misgivings and misinformation are the reasons why racial prejudice exists among people. Racial attitudes among black and white college students in particular, vary in degrees depending on the size and location of the college and the backgrounds of the . students attending the college.
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